expo-updates not updating internal distribution - expo

Question

Trying to implement expo-updates and I'm a bit stumped. I have a deployment, channel and branch all called "testing". I have a good internal distribution build for both OSes, and can verify that the app configuration has updates.url. I have a successfully run eas update --channel testing, which shows up in the UI under "updates" and linked to the "testing" branch & channel.
I've force-quit the app a dozen times and still do not see the update. Do I have to implement something in the codebase for this to "take", or does Expo handle this automatically?
eas.json parts:
{
...
"build": {
"testing": {
"channel": "testing",
"distribution": "internal",
},
...
},
...
}
Expo Build output parts:
{
"runtimeVersion": {
"policy": "sdkVersion"
},
"updates": {
"url": "https://u.expo.dev/<projectId>"
},
...
}

Answer 1

I ended up having to do something like this to get updates to work:
useEffect(() => {
if (!__DEV__) {
async function checkForUpdates() {
let update: Updates.UpdateCheckResult;
try {
update = await Updates.checkForUpdateAsync();
} catch (e) {
throw new Error('Error checking for updates', e);
}
if (update.isAvailable) {
setLoading(true);
try {
const fetchResult = await Updates.fetchUpdateAsync();
setIsNew(fetchResult.isNew);
} catch (e) {
setLoading(false);
throw new Error('Error fetching updates', e);
}
try {
await Updates.reloadAsync();
} catch (e) {
setLoading(false);
throw new Error('Error reloading app', e);
}
setLoading(false);
}
}
checkForUpdates();
}
}, []);